WORKING DRAFT - REVISIONS IN PROGRESS

Preface: A Note to the Reader · A work in progress, with a first edition expected by summer 2027. Comments welcome.

Part I

Making a chair

  1. 1The Chair MovedWendy sits in a new chair; a rewind to Paris, unwanted offcuts, and the first attempt.
  2. 2The SearchMaking a Kratstoel, misidentifying a Vilbert, and planning production while ignoring a warning.
  3. 3Two TrianglesThe sliding prototype changes the brief; triangles offer a particular structural solution.
  4. 4The KeelBracket experiments give way to a single reference member and a chair assembled without fitting.

Part II

Learning to judge

  1. 5The CentaurNathan, accumulated trust, and a small set of consequential human and machine errors.
  2. 6So Similar, Yet So DifferentThe second chair returns to narrow scraps; physical making changes the design and its flat pack.
  3. 7Other People’s RoomsSeparate encounters with friends, the author's mother, and a former student complicate desirability.

Part III

Worth keeping

  1. 8The Gray RockerThe father's repairs, selected survivors, and the orange chair lead to a provisional account of keeping.
  2. 9ChaironomicsFactory cost, price, maker labor, and freight describe different kinds of value.
  3. 10Worth Its FootprintA wood/plastic model depends on the years of use it assumes, not just the material.
  4. 11A Chair Without MeThe drawings have worked for their author; an independent build remains to be arranged.

Part IV

A longer view

  1. 12A Thousand-Year BriefA longer horizon leads back to Kratstoel with a different armchair purpose.
  2. 13Old Wood, New ChairPlywood sitting trials, a spring seat, and proposed oak construction begin a build still in progress.
  3. 14What We LeaveA personal mark meets the unfinished problem of carrying information with the chair.

About the Designer · Colophon · Human experience, machine drafting, revision, and the human edit still to come.

Appendix: The Pattern · Retained practical draft for a named Keel build; reconciliation and independent checking remain.

Appendix: The Thousand-Year Build · An explicitly incomplete record of the new Kratstoel refinement, not the old Keel specification.

The Hundred-Year Chair · general-audience revision, September 2026. home · technical notes